Large field of candidates expected to seek Reno mayor post

8:00 PM,
Jun. 15, 2013

Reno Mayor Bob Cashell cracks a joke at a press conference welcoming GreatCall to town in April.

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While the 2014 general election is still more than a year away, the prospective candidates who are aiming to become Reno's next mayor are already busy plotting their paths to City Hall.

Next year's mayoral race in Reno is expected to draw a large field of candidates to replace Mayor Bob Cashell, who first won his seat in 2002, setting a local campaign fundraising record in the process, and then easily sailed to re-election two more times. He will step down next year because of term limits.

That means the 2014 race will be the first competitive race for Reno's highest elected position in more than a ...